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Replying To sillyjambon12:  "Incorrect yourself. It was Shane McGloin the brother of Cillian McGloin who scored the first goal. He was also their captain.
Seems to be two lads trying to make a shambles out of this forum in yourself and this self-proclaimed man from Marys."
Shane and cillian are no relation. It was the corner forward joe mcgloin that is cillians brother. He was on u20 panel last year

Leitrimman05 (Leitrim) - Posts: 8 - 23/10/2024 11:50:37    2576528

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Not to be overly concerned with County Board and Senior team matters it appears we're blooding an enthusiastic bunch of young aspirants on this very forum. Time will tell if the level of commitment proves too much….

Mol an óige agus tiochfaidh siad and all that.

Boxtyeater (Leitrim) - Posts: 713 - 23/10/2024 12:15:17    2576531

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Replying To CorkLiamMcCarthy24:  "Mikey Graham to Galway"
Great to see Mikey involved in coaching. Was wondering what he had been up to since Boyzone finished up. Ronan Keating was the best singer, Keith Duffy just loved the limelight but I always felt Mikey Graham was a very underrated member of the band.

Dan_Toal (Leitrim) - Posts: 244 - 23/10/2024 12:17:55    2576532

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Replying To Boxtyeater:  "Not to be overly concerned with County Board and Senior team matters it appears we're blooding an enthusiastic bunch of young aspirants on this very forum. Time will tell if the level of commitment proves too much….

Mol an óige agus tiochfaidh siad and all that."
it think it has been apparent for some time that the youth of the county do not have the same grá for the county and the game that we had growing up, guess most of today's crop just were not born in 94 and do not know what real success looks like, Div4 final and TC quarter final appearances will be our lot unless something drastic happens in the next 10 years. I will not hold my breath

gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 560 - 23/10/2024 12:52:32    2576540

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Replying To farneygael3:  "If you were promised A B C D E F & G from the county board so you could give the players every opportunity to compete next year, but when you went looking for it you were told you actually could only have A B & C what would you do? Fail on the pitch next year or walk away from a county you've no connection to?"
You'd work with what you got... this ain't the premiership. That being said Mickey would have been well looked after like the lads before him.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1003 - 23/10/2024 12:53:09    2576542

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Good man Dan_Toal. Never turn down a tap-in.

Boxtyeater (Leitrim) - Posts: 713 - 23/10/2024 13:38:12    2576554

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Replying To gaelsboy:  "it think it has been apparent for some time that the youth of the county do not have the same grá for the county and the game that we had growing up, guess most of today's crop just were not born in 94 and do not know what real success looks like, Div4 final and TC quarter final appearances will be our lot unless something drastic happens in the next 10 years. I will not hold my breath"
Far more distractions these days and the lure of working abroad and travelling may be stronger now.
We were blessed also to have a particularly strong team at a time Connacht football was at a pretty bad level back then. One would say we should have won 2 or maybe 3 titles with that team, and maybe have made an AI final appearance, not saying that they'd have won that of course.

boxtyburgerbuns (Leitrim) - Posts: 7 - 23/10/2024 14:13:20    2576558

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Replying To boxtyburgerbuns:  "Far more distractions these days and the lure of working abroad and travelling may be stronger now.
We were blessed also to have a particularly strong team at a time Connacht football was at a pretty bad level back then. One would say we should have won 2 or maybe 3 titles with that team, and maybe have made an AI final appearance, not saying that they'd have won that of course."
No harm but Leitrim were bet out the gate in the 94 All Ireland semi final. Connacht football was poor for sure back then and the Connacht final of 1994 was one of the poorest quality games of that year. Maybe ye had another Connacht final win in ye but definitely not an All Ireland final appearance. I was very happy to see Leitrim win in 1994 and wouldn't it be great to get all teams in Connacht up to the same level. Unfortunately I can't see it happen any time soon

ComainRos (Roscommon) - Posts: 124 - 23/10/2024 14:56:55    2576568

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Replying To Square_B:  "You'd work with what you got... this ain't the premiership. That being said Mickey would have been well looked after like the lads before him."
You're right it's not the premiership it's mere a sign of the times even down to junior club level. You'll see managers promising promotion and whatnot and will stretch the board financially to achieve it with little care, yet when they are told no they down tools and walk away. As I said, he has no connection to Leitrim so why hang on unfortunately.

farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 38 - 23/10/2024 15:02:33    2576570

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Replying To ComainRos:  "No harm but Leitrim were bet out the gate in the 94 All Ireland semi final. Connacht football was poor for sure back then and the Connacht final of 1994 was one of the poorest quality games of that year. Maybe ye had another Connacht final win in ye but definitely not an All Ireland final appearance. I was very happy to see Leitrim win in 1994 and wouldn't it be great to get all teams in Connacht up to the same level. Unfortunately I can't see it happen any time soon"
95 was definitely a missed chance for an AI appearance.
Yes it would be great, unfortunately ourselves and yourselves and Sligo are well behind the big two

boxtyburgerbuns (Leitrim) - Posts: 7 - 23/10/2024 15:06:45    2576571

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You'd wonder if an experienced manager like Declan Bonner would take the job considering we're facing a tough year in Division 3 with a weakened squad. I somehow doubt we'll get him on board. From what I've heard O'Hara isn't a frontrunner (he'd be my choice closely followed by Bonner) , Niall Carew is a journey man manager and Poacher while a well regarded coach has no experience of being the manager at inter county anyway. It's going to be tough getting the management team we'll need to compete in Division 3 at this late stage with the backdrop of players not being available . Not blaming players for living their lives and travelling while they can but it's such a pity we're losing so many players at the one time especially in a higher division when we need everyone committing , this is the reality of life for counties in the lower divisions , keeping a squad together for a few years which you need to do to progress is practically impossible now.

JimmyNail (Leitrim) - Posts: 237 - 23/10/2024 18:07:56    2576587

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Replying To ComainRos:  "No harm but Leitrim were bet out the gate in the 94 All Ireland semi final. Connacht football was poor for sure back then and the Connacht final of 1994 was one of the poorest quality games of that year. Maybe ye had another Connacht final win in ye but definitely not an All Ireland final appearance. I was very happy to see Leitrim win in 1994 and wouldn't it be great to get all teams in Connacht up to the same level. Unfortunately I can't see it happen any time soon"
That Leitrim team were very unfortunate that the back door wasn't available at the time. A team of fantastic footballers with great attitude. I don't think that being in the latter stages of the championship regularly was beyond them. The semi final in 94 was a huge occasion for them their first time in croker etc.
They were unfortunate they didn't get a chance to build on that.

Backheel (Leitrim) - Posts: 164 - 23/10/2024 20:26:29    2576604

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Replying To JimmyNail:  "You'd wonder if an experienced manager like Declan Bonner would take the job considering we're facing a tough year in Division 3 with a weakened squad. I somehow doubt we'll get him on board. From what I've heard O'Hara isn't a frontrunner (he'd be my choice closely followed by Bonner) , Niall Carew is a journey man manager and Poacher while a well regarded coach has no experience of being the manager at inter county anyway. It's going to be tough getting the management team we'll need to compete in Division 3 at this late stage with the backdrop of players not being available . Not blaming players for living their lives and travelling while they can but it's such a pity we're losing so many players at the one time especially in a higher division when we need everyone committing , this is the reality of life for counties in the lower divisions , keeping a squad together for a few years which you need to do to progress is practically impossible now."
O Hara isn't been considered for the job and I wouldn't go near Poacher.

williesboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 408 - 23/10/2024 20:30:12    2576605

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